Belarus and Serbia's chances of reaching the European Under-21 Championship semi-finals look slim after a goalless draw.

After conceding five in their Group A opener against Sweden, Belarus did well to keep out the attacking threat from the Serbians, but it was a result neither side wanted, leaving them in the bottom two positions with one round of matches to go.

Serbia's Zoran Tosic looked lively early on and after cutting in and drilling a shot over the bar in the first minute, the Manchester United youngster brought a save out of Pavel Chesnovsky when repeating the trick on the quarter-hour mark.

Those attempts had come either side of Siarhey Krivets' fizzing long-range strike at the other end, which Zeljko Brkic palmed over on 12 minutes in the closest goalscoring opportunity of the half.

Serbia were on the attack again a minute after the restart when Miralem Sulejmani hit a shot narrowly wide and Tosic's useful free-kick bounced over the bar off a Belarusian defender 15 minutes later.

Nemanja Pejcinovic then looked set to steal it for Serbia with 10 minutes to go but blazed a shot over from six yards to ensure the game finished in a stalemate.